We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

While the Cambrian Explosion kickstarted complex life in a major way some 530 million years, the true timeline of life on ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on the International Space Station more than nine months, despite ...

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth." Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

We'll be coming home, riding the plasma, splashing in the ocean, so that's what we're looking forward to,’ a 62-year-old ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...